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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 20, 2016 -> 12:52 PM) Anyone out there good at pressing buttons on a keyboard may want to send your resume to Brooks Boyer. Whoever they have putting the count on the scoreboard is beyond woeful. Not only is it often wrong, it is beyond slow. JR orgs are nothing if not ruthlessly efficient with this sort of thing. That the Sox had all the issues on opening day and from the number of complaints about the scoreboard count this year I can only assume that JR is not in the right health to keep the trains running on time. If this is the future of the franchises (Bulls and Sox) under his son as majority partner I really hope JR jr sells his stake when his dad passes.

Avi actually needs to take the advice of Hawk and that is to back the f*** off the plate and just try and look middle out. His swing is too long to try and sit on top of the plate like he does. Just concede the inside strike for now.

Good job boys. missed the game but saw the box. This team is gonna go 88-74 or 74-88. Either way they will give up 600 runs.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 19, 2016 -> 10:58 PM) Nate Jones is one of my favorite players on this team. Love his attitude, his resilience, and his skill. He hasn't changed a bit results wise since before he got injured. That is awesome. For sure. The rare Sox overachiever.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 19, 2016 -> 08:52 PM) They touched on that early in the year in Minnesota I believe. The part of Canada he's from doesn't get that cold. At least I thought that's what they said. He is from south BC more like Seattle weather than the continental US. 40s is usually as bad as it gets.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 19, 2016 -> 01:50 PM) Problem is folks don't want to hear the truth or logic. If you use the arguments we are hearing about Danks then 3/4 of our line up should be gone already Danks has an ERA- of roughly 80 since his return from capsule surgery and has been worth 1.3 bWAR over that time, including -.5 bWAR last year. fWAR is slightly kinder at 2.7 This is in a sample of well over 500 post surgery innings. His velocity this year is at an average of 87.3 MPH. Down a full 2MPH from last year and down over 4MPH from his pre surgery prime. There is nothing SSS about John Danks piss poor start. He is, at this point in his career, a borderline 5th starter. If he was not being paid what he's being paid there is zero doubt in my mind he'd have been sent out long ago. As I always, always say: John Danks came back from a surgery no other pitcher has come back from and pitched more than a couple years. That he has even produced any positive WAR in that time is a testement to his dedication and hard work. But father time is undefeated and so is the surgeon's knife. He is done as an effective MLB pitcher. He was done as soon as he went on under the knife really. This 2013 article from Colintj at SSS is still a must read on Danks and his injury.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Apr 19, 2016 -> 01:19 PM) This is horrible logic. I feel like Dick Allen is the world's most long game troll.

Crowd on tv last night looked awful. 15k at most.

Stfu hawk please retire kc special

Good to see rv spreading the rest around. Lets get some offense going today.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 08:11 PM) I appreciate Danks for being a hard worker and for giving a s***, but if his ERA is over 5 in four more starts, it's probably that time. Just need a better option come mid May. This.

Put this bum in the bullpen.

Lol of course the geriatric hawk loves the florida hospitality.

Danks throwing bp.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 08:43 PM) 6 over would put them at 84-78. The last wild card in the AL last year was 86-76. Yep, just do two over or better. 90 is the goal now.

Sox have the best record in the AL at the moment. I mean, they just need to play .500 ball from here on out and they'd be right in it. 90 wins has to be the goal after this start. Team defense is amazing so far despite the Rollins error tonight. Pitching we know is gonna be good. Offense has an 2005 vibe except not with HR but with contact and good baserunning.

f***ing avila.

good AB by avi didn't try and force it with RISP like he usually does. Took his walk.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 05:28 PM) Source? Let me recreate a thread from the Twinkies forum I read today. Twins Poster #1 "you win some you lose some" Twins Poster #2 "source?"

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 05:26 PM) It makes leading the league in it all of the more impressive. 68.9% turned into outs last year. 3rd from the bottom only Philly and Colorado were worse. It's partially a park and pitching staff related stat but anything below 70% is bad, regardless. I think it's a fairly good barometer of overall team defense, not definitive but certainly a decent choice if you're only looking at one easy to understand metric.

White Sox, don't look now, are 8th in DER. Turning 73.6% of balls in play into outs. Keep it up.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 04:41 PM) On the flip side, if the staff continues to pitch like this, Danks struggles are going to become much more evident. In previous years, there were too many holes to patch up, Danks was mostly serviceable. With the sates raised early, more eyes are going to be on Danks. Honestly, I think he's on a 3 start window. In the next three stakes, if he continues on this pace, he'll be out. If he rebounds the rope will be extended, but I really think he's on a short leash. Too much at stake after this start. He can refuse a demotion right? They'll have to work him in the bullpen then and who goes down? I think he's going to be in the rotation until at least June, no matter how s***ty he is. Sox love to hang on to sunk costs.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 04:26 PM) If Frazier would start hitting, this offense would be fine. The only real hole would be at Catcher, which is acceptable. I also think that the harm to the pitching staff from the loss of Flowers' "pitch framing" has been exaggerated. The stat boys need to work on a "pitcher-independent" framing stat. I suspect some pitchers frame themselves. Nice start by Melky. Keep that OPS over .720, please. Saladino needs more than 2 appearances per week. He may be a gem. It's been nice. Last year Sox had so many guys get off to putrid starts and it just snow balled it seemed. Now maybe guys can relax a bit and start hitting even more.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 04:03 PM) There just isn't enough data to go on yet without playing more than 10 games this year, so they have to beat the teams that are on the schedule. They've done just that, you can't ask for much more. It's a great foundation to build on, and we all talked about it in the off-season. With the new characters in the clubhouse, getting off to a hot start and hopefully having it snowball was vital. Yep.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 04:53 PM) The great thing is 1 out of 3 in TB and they still come home 8-4. Sweeps and winning streaks get you in the postseason. 6-1 on the road as well. Don't care who it came against, that's a great record.